Natural born heroes : mastering the lost secrets of strength and endurance / Christopher McDougall
Copyright date: New York : Vintage Books, c2015Description: xv, 336 pages ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780307742223
- 9780307962287
- Kreipe, Karl -- Kidnapping, 1944
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Greece -- Crete
- Soldiers -- Greece -- Crete -- History -- 20th century
- Heroes -- Greece -- Crete -- History -- 20th century
- Long-distance running -- Greece -- History
- Physical fitness -- Greece -- History
- Heroes -- History
- Physical fitness -- Philosophy
- Athletics -- Philosophy
- 940.534959 .M137 2015
- D766.7C7 M535 2015
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"Christopher McDougall's journey begins with a story of remarkable athletic prowess: In the treacherous mountains of Crete, a motley band of World War II Resistance fighters - an artist, a shepherd, and a poet - abducted a German commander from the heart of the Axis occupation. To understand how, McDougall retraces their steps across the island that birthed Herakles and Odysseus, and discovers ancient techniques for endurance, sustenance, and natural movement that have been preserved in unique communities around the world.
His search takes us scrambling over rooftops with a Parkour crew in London, foraging for greens with a ballerina in Brooklyn, tossing heavy pieces of driftwood on a Brazilian beach with the creator of MovNat - and, finally, to our own backyards. Natural Born Heroes will inspire readers to unleash the extraordinary potential of the human body and climb, swim, skip, throw, and jump their way to heroic feats." --Provided by publisher
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